MRI tmj at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$7,159.04

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$7,159.04

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$229.97 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $7,159.04 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $229.97 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $233.47 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $233.47 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $233.47 ↓ -97%
United STAR $233.47 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $233.47 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $233.47 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $233.47 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $233.47 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $233.47 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $233.47 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $245.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $252.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $252.15 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $256.82 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $256.82 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $256.82 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $256.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $281.98 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $291.84 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $293.63 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $293.63 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $313.62 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62 ↓ -96%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $450.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $501.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $501.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $501.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $501.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $501.13 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $787.49 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $966.47 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $995.08 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $1,000.85 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,002.27 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -82%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,431.81 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,539.19 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $1,718.17 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,419.76 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,505.66 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,863.62 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,178.61 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,221.57 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $3,221.57 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $3,507.93 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,579.52 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,772.81 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,937.47 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,937.47 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,937.47 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,937.47 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,937.47 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $4,009.06 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,152.24 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,216.67 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,216.67 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $4,796.56 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,011.33 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,011.33 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,082.92 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,369.28 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $5,727.23 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,727.23 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,085.18 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $6,371.55 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $7,159.04 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,159.04 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,159.04 ↑ +0%

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